Over at the home of Ms Lo's parents in Lower Delta, her younger sisters Hwei Shan, 25, and Hwei Rong, 23, had been waiting anxiously all day for news.

Ms Lo was the eldest of the three children of a businessman and housewife. Her father has been away on business but was returning home, the family said.

A law graduate of the National University of Singapore, Ms Lo worked with Stephenson Harwood, a foreign law firm based here.

She called her husband twice from Mumbai on Thursday, Hwei Shan told The Straits Times.

In the first call at 2am on Thursday, she said that she had heard gunfire and the hotel staff had told her to move to another level.

In her second call, at about 6am, she said that she had been taken hostage.

Foreign Affairs Ministry official Jai S. Sohan confirmed last night that Ms Lo had passed her husband a message from her captors.

An Indian news channel had reported that the terrorists had held the woman at gunpoint and ordered her to tell the Singapore Government to tell the Mumbai authorities to refrain from acting against them, or she would lose her life.

Mr Sohan said the ministry conveyed the message to the Indian authorities at a very senior level.

'We ask for your understanding as we could not confirm this earlier as the situation at that time was fluid and fast-evolving. It was also not appropriate at that time for us to do so for operational reasons,' he added.

Ms Lo's husband left for Mumbai on Thursday evening, accompanied by an aunt and ministry officials.

Family members in Singapore kept monitoring the news closely hoping for any hint that she might be safe.

But they began to fear the worst at about 5pm yesterday, when her husband got word that her wallet and handbag had been found.

He and his aunt were with Singapore diplomats keeping vigil near the Oberoi when news came that more bodies had been found inside.

They were led inside to identify the body and came out looking shaken.

Mr Puhaindran and Foreign Ministry officials broke the tragic news to the family here at 10pm, just before the ministry held a press conference that was broadcast live on television.

'She was bubbly, cheerful and very protective of us as the older sister,' said Hwei Shan.

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